Abstract This project will extend the work on context aware medication prompting done by PRI. We will specifically address the question of whether the set of inferences and the resulting prompting rules can be made more effective and less uncertain by using additional sensors and longer data collection, which may enable more accurate inference and [...]
Abstract Most health care actually takes place in the home, especially for people with chronic diseases and conditions of aging. Often the most effective components of the management of these conditions have to do with improving health behaviors, such as exercise, diet and adherence to agreed-upon treatments. With escalating health care costs, it is important [...]
Abstract This is a pilot project to study the relationship between medication adherence and patterns of activity in the home among normal elders and those with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Our primary hypothesis is that there is a predictive relationship between sleep, patterns of morning activity, and the likelihood that subjects will follow a morning medications [...]
Abstract In reviewing ethnographic studies of elders with dementia who live at home, we identified several areas where those elders and caregivers were struggling to maintain their quality of life. One of those areas was in maintaining social connectedness with friends and relatives. For a variety of reasons, elders, particularly those suffering from early stages [...]